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MEGHA'NISM.FOR TIMING HORSES.

No. 376,602. Patented Jan. 17, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. LEONARD AND GOVER KETTLEWELL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO RICHARD S. GULBRETH, OF SAME PLACE.

MECHANISM FOR TIMING HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 376,602, dated January 17, 1888.

Application filed January 20, 1887. Serial No. 224,973. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARRY A. LEONARD and Govnn KETTLEWELL, citizens of the United States, residing in Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mechanism for Attaching and Operating Timers in Connection with Buggies, Sulkies, and other Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

Thefollowing is a description of our invention accompanied by drawings, of which- Figure l is a side view of a sulky and horse, showing the attachment on the shaft and in position to be operated by the foot of the driver. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the device attached to the shaft, showing the pivoted lever for working the timer, and the timer inclined so as to be in view of the driver. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same, showing the foot of the driver resting upon the treadle and the face of the timer. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the treadle. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the end of the device on which the timer is mounted, showplication intended to be filed at the same time with this. It is operated by first setting the hands of the dial at zero. Then, by thrusting in the stem of the timer once, the hands begin to move and the stem springs back to its place ready for another thrust. At the second thrust the timer-hands stop and remain in fixed position, registering the number of minutes and seconds from the time they were started until they were stopped. The stem again springs back to its original position ready for another thrust. At the third thrust the hands fi y back to their original position at zero.

'Let A represent a timer of the character described. It is placed upon and secured to any part of the vehicle in position to be seen by its occupant, and is provided with the bar or stem H, as shown in the drawings. It is affiXed to the shaft of the vehicle. The vehicle, as represented, is what isknown as a trainingsulky, the shaft of which is provided with a stirrup for the foot of the driver and a strap which supports his'heel. Fig. 1 shows the driver with his foot in the stirrup.

A convenient device for holding the train and attaching the same to the shaft of the buggy or sulky is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and is constructed as follows:

B is a piece of flat metahto the end ofwhich are attached the collars B B. These collars may be cast solid with the metal plate B, or may be soldered or attachedthereto in any suitable manner. They are made of aform to suit the shaft,and are provided with set-screws 1).?) to tighten the collars on the shaft. At one end of the plate is securely attachedthe standard or bracket a, which supports the holder of the timer a This bracket is provided with the slot a within which works the end of the lever for operating the bar or stem Hof the timer. This bar is limited in its movements by the solid ends of the slot. The bar marked in the drawings 12 is about the length of the plate B, and is pivoted to said plate, as shown at 11 thus forming a lever. Upon the end of this lever, opposite the timer, is placed the treadle b. When this device is secured upon the shaft of a sulky, it will occupy a position convenient for the foot of the driver to be placed upon the treadle and at the same time present the face of the timerin full view. The lever I) should work easily, and when the pressure of the footis released from the treadle should be returned to place. The stem H of the timer may be suificient for this purpose; but, to make sure of it, the spring I) may be lo 'cated at any suitable part of the device to act upon and return the lever to place, as shown in Fig. 2. The collar or shoulder a on the baror stem H limits the movement of this stem by coming in contact with the solid frame of the timer at a point where no injury can be done to the works of the timer; and the movement of the lever b is also limited, as before directed, by the solid ends of the slot of.

The operation will be readily understood. As the timer is arranged, one push forward starts the hands, previously fixed at zero. The next push stops the hands,and the instrument remains fixed, recording the time employed in minutes and seconds. The third push returns the hands to zero in readiness to begin anew.

This apparatus is very useful. It often happens that a driver desires to know the time employed in driving a given distance. His attention must be given to driving and the proper management of hishorse. Consequently he can have nothing in his hands but the reins, and frequently a whip. The ordinary timer held in the hand could not be used.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Atimer for avehicle, having an actuatingstem, as H, in combination with an attaching device having a standard, as a, perforated to receive the stem of the timer and provided with means for securing it to a suitable part of the vehicle, and a separate and detached lever suitably pivoted and arranged in position to co-operate with the stem of the timer and the foot of the occupant, substantially as described.

2. An attaching device for a timer, consisting of the piece B and the lever b", pivoted thereto, in combination with a standard, as a, for supporting a timer, and perforated to receive the stem of the timer in position to be actuated by the lever, substantially as described.

3. An attaching device for a timer, having the lever b suitably pivoted thereto, the standard, as a, slotted, as shown, to receive the end of said lever and limit its movement, in combination with the timer provided with an actuatingstem, H, arranged to enter the slot in position to be actuated by the end of the lever, substantially as shown.

4. An attaching device for a' timer, having the lever b suitably pivoted thereto, in combination with a timer having an actuatingstem, as H, arranged in position to co-operate with the end of said lever, and means independent of each other for limiting the movements of the stem and lever, substantially as described.

HARRY A. LEONARD. GOVER KETILEVVELL.

\Vitnesses:

W. M. EMMART, G. R. GALLAGHER. 

